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In 2015, the Welsh Government provided the investment to develop the cluster and was the catalyst for Wales to become the leading centre for compound semiconductor expertise in the world. SPTS Technologies won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2020 and currently employs 447 people at its Wales HQ. It also has significant expansion plans for the Welsh operation.

In the last few years, Ann Jourdain of IMEC and co-workers have described silicon device stacking through extreme silicon thinning technology. Recently Jourdan and Dave Thomas of SPTS reviewed this technology for the Jan/Feb issue of Chip Scale Review. The technology is interesting enough that IFTLE will take a closer look at it.

We expect 2021 to be a growth year, with contributions from all our main markets. The automotive industry has recovered very quickly with only a modest amount of inventory in the channels. Interestingly, since COVID, people would rather own a car than travel on public transport. A vibrant automotive market supports many parts of the semiconductor industry; power management, connectivity, image sensors, LEDs.